These days, a quick glance at the headlines can be enough to convince anybody that the end must surely be near, what with all of the earthquakes, mega storms, drought, global financial meltdowns, genocide, and perhaps most alarming - read on...

Short of poisoning someone… think of any holiday cooking catastrophe and Mama's heard done it all.

Really. Burned it, over-seasoned it, undercooked it, you name it. Turkey still frozen at the dinner table? Check. Discover a bag of giblets still in the bird while you’re carving? You bet. Lumpy Gravy? Child’s play. But, here’s the good news… no matter how bad you think…

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Misadventures in Motherhood ...: If the Shoe Fits: "My sweet baby Clara recently turned eighteen months old.  I can't believe how fast she's growing; it seems like just yesterday she was a tin..."

Misadventures in Motherhood ...: If the Shoe Fits: "My sweet baby Clara recently turned eighteen months old.  I can't believe how fast she's growing; it seems like just yesterday she was a tin..."

http://madreminutes.blogspot.com/2011/05/why-do-we-live.html

This article is in response to the recent Deadly Tornado that hit our town, Tuscaloosa, AL. It is NEVER too late to get prepared for the next disaster, so please read this & print it out. There's lots of useful information! http://drachma-girl.blogspot.com/2009/01/are-you-ready-for-disaster.html

I would like to invite you to a shopping list on Etsy full of so many different shops. Every shop listed will donate some or all of the proceeds to a Japan relief fund. There is jewelry, artwork, home goods, women's apparel, and more. There are low to middle to high price ponts, so everyone can afford to give. Please stop by. Just clicking on the list helps with exposure. And if you can't make a purchase right now, please help by blogging about the treasury, tweeting and sharing on facebook.…

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While I was away a couple of weekends ago, my husband decided he was going to conduct "Project Hoarder" with my daughter, bless his naive little soul.  Yes, you see, the child's room had slowly turned into the world's biggest indoor landfill of shit.  And apparently, my husband was sick to death of hearing me constantly bitch about it, so he took the bull by the horns and initiated the…

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I caught a bit of a movie today where the family had to quickly evacuate their home because of some catastrophic disaster or aliens or something. I didn’t pay much attention to it because I was looking for Wife Swap a documentary about poster printing that was meant to be on.

But the couple of seconds I was exposed to it got me thinking about what things I would grab....READ MORE